Drumprints
Drum beats to loop and sample, free under Creative Commons
Take a bar, take 8 bars, take 16, 32… jump around and find something to loop, or use the whole track. Sing on it, rap, play bass, blow a jug. Slow it down, speed it up, chop, process, distort.
These drum recordings are free for you to adapt. If you use them, please email me so I can enjoy what you made! And if you release it, please include a credit similar to this: “Drum samples by Spencer Tweedy’s Drumprints.” (Learn more about the CC-BY 4.0 license.)
You can also listen to the drum tracks just for the sake of listening. It’s sequenced to be as album-like as possible.
Read more about how drumprints came to be, or download them above.
XO,
Spencer
Notes
Released February 3, 2023
Performed and engineered by Spencer Tweedy
Artwork by Spencer Tweedy
“Drumprints” mark by Phoebe Randall, adapted from licensed Noun Project work by Zefir Efemera
Photo of Spencer in front of Hal Blaine’s drums at Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix by Debbie Voll
Drums by Slingerland, cymbals by Zildjian K Constantinople
Recorded at The Pocket - Chicago in January 2023
The world’s sense of rhythm is continually enriched by people in sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora. I wouldn’t really know what to do with a drum if it weren’t for their singing (in voice and on drums) — often stolen, often shared in joy. I thank them.
Thanks also to Mom, Dad, Sammy, Casey Walker, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Fortin, Dane Richeson, Maurice Barrett, Mark Greenberg, Tom Schick, Phoebe Randall, Jason Ashworth, and Goodhertz Plugins.
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